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Definition of: gumbo
(gum′bō) noun
1. Okra.
2. The stratified portion of the lower till of the Mississippi Valley; especially, those soils which form a sticky or soapy mud when wet.
3. Clay encountered in drilling for oil or sulfur.
—adjective Resembling or pertaining to gumbo soil (see noun def. 3). [<Bantu language of Angola]
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